The document discusses an experiment by the author to increase views on their Medium articles by optimizing headlines based on statistical data. Some key findings from analyzing millions of headlines include that phrases like "This will make you..." and "This is why..." perform well. The author plans to incorporate these phrases into headlines while still reflecting the article content. They will track views and read ratios to see if this strategy increases engagement. The author typically gets around 50 views per article and aims to improve that through their experiment.